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Serum specimens of two unrelated Japanese males had a new variant of the α2HS-glycoprotein phenotypes. They had unusual bands designated AHS 5. Family studies indicated that the new variant phenotypes were determined by a new allele, AHS * 5, in combination with a common allele AHS * 1 or AHS * 2, and that the new allele had an autosomal codominant inheritance with other AHS alleles. The frequency of the new α2HS-glycoprotein allele, AHS * 5, is 0.0005.
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We use the designation AHS to denote the α2HS-glycoprotein phenotype and allele in agreement with nomenclature guidelines (Shows et al. 1979)
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Umetsu, K., Kashimura, S., Ikeda, N. et al. A new α2HS-glycoprotein allele (AHS * 5 ⋆) in two Japanese families. Hum Genet 68, 264–265 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00418399
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